Word: respecting
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...tall order regardless of leadership. I don’t mean to imply that Republicans should become completely isolationist, but a corrective shift in that direction would be appropriate. On a related note, Republicans should take greater care to reconcile support for intelligence and defense operations with a respect for civil liberties, the fundamental guarantors of limited government...
...negative labels placed on Latino and black students, on the surface the Asian-American is a ‘model minority.’ Since Asians are doing so well in getting into college and getting jobs, the argument runs, they don’t need the lip-service respect paid to other minorities. Several white students at dinner in one of the House dining halls, who asked not to be named, offered their own takes on the stereotype. One said, “Well, they’re science concentrators. They stick together. Socially inept.” Another...
...ties with Hamas even though he criticized their suicide bombing spree (halted since 2004) and thinks that the Islamic militants should soften some of their attitudes towards Israel. The finance portfolio is expected to go to economist Salam Fayyad, 54, educated in Texas, who earned the respect of international financial institutions during his previous tenure as finance minister between 2002 and 2006. Palestinians joke that with three "Americans" in the cabinet, the White House at last ought to be happy...
...Broken feet often hurt regular people for months after the bones are healed. Our saying is "Foot pain is low back pain of the extremities," meaning many patients with foot pain, like chronic back patients, never get better, no matter what you do. So we treat it with respect. I have seen a stress fracture of the foot keep a middle-aged woman hobbling in pain for over a year. Every doc in my field has experience with schoolgirls whose mysterious foot and leg pains are relieved only by a doctor's note that gets them...
...already called for his resignation in early 2006), the “Army Times” along with three other papers with a military readership, and numerous politicians from both major parties. Almost all his critics point to his arrogance, his refusal to acknowledge his mistakes, his lack of respect for the armed forces, and his officious inclination towards military micromanagement. Former Army Chief of Staff Eric K. Shinseki, the one lone voice in the DoD who had dared to challenge Rumsfeld’s theory of “light warfare,” was humiliated in public...